We are all children of light! put on this earth to have different experiences and challenges that are meant to help us grow and develop. It is up to us whether we choose to bring more light into our lives or whether we allow our light to be dimmed by the circumstances or situations that surround us.
During this Christmas season let’s bring in more light into our lives
So that we may be better able to light the lives of others as well.
1st Timothy 4:12 says:
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
These are some of the ways in which we can bring light into our lives. We can choose to change the way we speak and to use words that are uplifting and edifying.That our conversations may not be filled with complaints, or negativity, but that instead, we can have the courage to STOP complaining and replace the complaints by thinking about those things which we are thankful for…..Gratitude is healing! Complaining is not….So, Let’s talk positively about ourselves and others.
To have charity means that we can be kind and we can forgive. We choose when we hold grudges and for how long. We choose if we withhold charity from others or if we choose not to forgive. The story of the Israelites is the perfect example; a journey that could’ve taken 11 days took them 40 years to complete and that its because they kept circling the same mountain again and again. How many times do we want to circle our own mountains? why can’t we learn from them and move forward on our journey?….The choice is ours. 🙂
We can also strengthen our spirits by doing those things that bring light into our souls. Things like reading God’s word daily, kneeling in prayer, having humility to change our mistakes and to try again each day to better ourselves. We can also help to provide service for others in physical spiritual and emotional ways. By doing these things our souls will begin to fill with even more light and we will notice that our doubts and fears will go and this will fill us with faith enough to trust in God fully in ALL things. <3
And finally we can have purity in our hearts and minds. We can do this by choosing to spend our time wisely, we can read or listen to uplifting and edifying messages that will help us to fill ourselves with light. We can use our thoughts to think about all that is good in our lives and all that will be good in the future and to focus our energies on the things that will be pleasing to God and that will be for the benefit of our souls and those around us.
By bringing this light into our lives we will not only make ourselves brighter. But we will also brighten our homes, our families, our communities and our surroundings.
Mathew 5: 16 says;
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
& also speaking about light,
Psalm 27:1 says;
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
All that is good comes from God. He is the light of our lives and the giver of all good gifts. He wishes for all of us to know that we are not alone. That we have access to His light constantly in our lives because we come from His presence. He teaches us that we should never be afraid but instead have faith in Him. As our desire to choose the light and come closer to Him increases, so will be His closeness to us. We will feel His strength in our lives and we will notice that we will be better able to forgive, to love, to have more charity and to be filled from inside out.
Acquiring Christlike qualities will not only make our lives more joyful but it will bring peace and tranquility into our souls.
I’m including an advent calendar for the month of December with Christlike qualities that we can exercise each day. I know that we will be strengthened by all the little acts of kindness that we do and we will be better able to light world. 
This is our spiritual goal for the week! Also if you know of a place in which we can do service, take a meal or volunteer to help others please let me know and I would love to share it or plan an activity to do service with the girls from class 
Our physical goal for the week is to exercise for our mental stress! 😉 Our minds and our bodies need exercise! let’s aim for at least 3 days this week to do something that will help us to get rid of stress in case you can’t come to class tonight. Which is what we do every week! Get rid of stress! It feels AMAZING!!!! Hope you an join us to renew ourselves tonight and to be filled with more light! 
Love always,
LILI 
